Global fund managers like Morgan Stanley, SBI Macquarie Infrastructure Fund, Uniquest Infra Ventures are showing interest to invest in the country's road sector following the positive policy gestures. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is urging government to allow developers to offload equity as soon as a project is completed. The change is being push
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ONGC proposes Rs 350 bn investment in FY14
In 2013-14, Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to invest Rs 35,049.23 crore, which is 4 per cent higher than the revised capital expenditure of Rs 33,577 crore in the current fiscal year, Union Budget document shows. The state-run oil and gas explorer plans to fund the investment entirely through internal resources in 2013-14. T
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Tata Steel may raise funds from abroad for steel project
In order to fund its Rs 35,000 crore steel plant project in Odisha and also to reduce its debt, Tata Steel plans to raise $1 bn through issue of bonds in the international market by the end of March. The firm plans to raise fund through global bond issue because this may turn out to be a cheaper option for the expa
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Ennore Port takes steps to boost connectivity
Ennore Port is making efforts to develop allied infrastructure like road, rail connectivity in order to boost cargo handling at the port. As part of this effort, the port authority proposed a railway line connecting Ennore Port with Minjur in the first phase and then Minjur to Vandalur in the second phase. The Tamil Nadu government wanted to add pass
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Institutions struggle to raise funds via tax-free bonds
Reports indicate that institutions that are allowed to raise tax-free bonds in 2012-13 could mop up only Rs 25,000 crore as against the permission to raise Rs 60,000 crore. It is learnt that investors are not showing much interest in the tax-free bonds as interest rates are expected to fall further in the coming months. Yield on tax-free bonds are set below the yield of the 10-year ben
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PSBs to get Rs 125 bn capital in FY13
Government proposed to infuse an amount of Rs 12,517 crore in Public Sector Banks(PSBÂ’s) to augment their Tier-1 capital in FY-2012-13. A sum of Rs 12,000 crore was infused during 2011-12 to enable them to maintain a minimum Tier-1 CRAR of 8 per cent. Performance of Indian banks during the year 2011-12 was conditioned to a large extent by fragile recovery of global financial markets as well as a challenging oper
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PE arm of HDFC may make first closing of realty fund
According to media reports, HDFC Property Fund may make first closing of its fourth real estate fund in March by raising $200 million from institutional and retail investors. The fourth real estate fund was launched late last year with a target size of $500 million and has promised to d
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India Inc’s overseas borrowing rises in January
Data from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows that overseas borrowing of Indian companies rose to $3.51 billion in January from $1.15 billion in the previous month. The companies raised the amount through external commercial borrowings (ECB) and foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCB). In order to fund its projects, Power Grid Corporation of In India Inc raised over $ 3.51 billion from overseas markets in January through external commercial borrowings and foreign currency convertible bonds.
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Kerala govt rues inadequate allocation for Vizhinjam project
Some ministers of the Kerala government expressed dissatisfaction over the inadequate allocation of funds for the Vizhinjam port in the union budget 2013-14. There is a big setback for Kerala as the Vizhinjam project has been ignored in the budget, whereas Tuticorin port in Tamil Nadu has been earmarked a substantial outla
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SBI lends Rs 62 bn to Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant borrowed Rs 6,200 crore from the State Bank of India (SBI) in order to finance its business expenditure. Speaking to reporters, Pratip Chaudhuri, Chairman of SBI said the bank's loan to the RINL “is the biggest contribution it is making to the industrial development of this